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July 17, 2021 Reading time: 5 min 30 s Claude McIntosh ~ Mac s Musings Glen Grant (right) sits as Chair of the Police Board in 2019. Seaway News file photo. An attempt by the Coalition for Unity, Respect and Equality for All (CUREA) to block Glen Grant from succeeding Sen. Bernadette Clement as mayor fell flat on its face, as it should have. Grant, the group charged, is a poor example of leadership when it comes to the diversity file; he was painted as a poor fit to fill the mayoral vacancy left by Clement’s departure. Based on some weak arguments, he scored a D-minus on the organization’s diversity scorecard. ....
Reply Dec. 11, 2020 Wreaths Across America, the nationally renowned movement to honor service and sacrifice which annually places millions of holiday wreaths on veteran gravesites across the nation, will be commemorated in New Britain on December 19 with a virtual ceremony featuring New Britain Mayor Erin E. Stewart available to the public via Facebook Live from Fairview Cemetery. Subscribe The ceremony begins at 12 noon and can be viewed by visiting the Wreaths Across America New Britain Facebook page s live feed at www.facebook.com/wreathsfornewbritain/live/. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, public attendance at the event is discouraged. The Wreaths Across America New Britain Planning Committee made the difficult decision recently to both suspend placement of nearly 1,400 holiday wreaths on veteran gravesites at Fairview for this year, and to move this year s ceremony to a virtual format due to the current resurgence of COVID-19. Only Planning Committee members ....